Thursday, September 2, 2010

The smell is finally gone!

My first pair of cycling shoes smelled like death. They where hand me downs from my friend Lisa P and already had a million miles on them. They smelled so bad that I could not keep them in my car for longer then an hour. SO BAD that big J could not even handle them:

So when coach told me to 'get anything new this week that you plan on using form IMFL' - I jumped at the chance:

Jason was pretty pumped about not having the stench of the old cycling shoes anymore. They have been banished to the patio for the moment:

I tried my hand at gluten free pizza this week using Bob's Red Mill crust...and it was AWESOME. The dough was easy to make and work with and tastes wonderful. Even Big J enjoyed it.

Feta, Smoked Gouda, Spinach, zucchini, mushrooms and basil...YUM.

Training wise - everything is going AWESOME. I can't tell you how awesome it is to have not only one person to train with - but TWO! My friend Ron who is going IMFL as well decided to use my coach as well. So Carla, Chloe, and Ron will be taking this race by the horns.

You are going to love the fact that there are two fasteners on your shoes. I had tri shoes with one strap before and it seemed that I could never get comfortable. I went to three strap shoes and they literally fit like a glove. It made a huge different in my comfort levels on long IM distance rides.

Nice SHOES Choloe! Very cool! I also like the gluten free picture of the pizza.. Dang, that looks good to someone who is still eating wheat! So glad you are ripping up on the training. That's a good feeling. I'm looking to you and H to keep me motivated to keep going through October! More posts like this!!

I picked up the Pearl Tri Fly III Carbon's about a month ago and absolutely love them. I saw at least a 1mph increase on my bike and its going to be needed for the hilly course im training for. Syracuse 70.3 on 9/19!! Im so going to rock it and have an ambitious goal of 4:38 my first one. Thanks for your blog its been very helpful.

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30 something living where people work all year to spend a week. It is a great place to live, but surreal at times. I enjoy wine and working out - working on balancing the two. Proud to be a member of Team REV3 2013!